Wisconsin Roots. Lasting Relationships.
Wisconsin Roots. Lasting Relationships.
On September 14, 2012, Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas ruled that significant portions of Act 10, the drastic revisions made in 2011 to the law that governed Wisconsin's public employee unions and the scope of collective bargaining, were unconstitutional. Among...
Adding to the list of wind projects we have provided legal services to in recent years, CWPB helped secure final town approval for a new wind project in Dane County last week. The new project is owned by Epic Systems, a Madison-based medical software company, and...
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Attorney Susan Crawford presented an update on the League of Women Voter's legal challenge to the Wisconsin Voter ID law to a group of over 50 attorneys at an informational session held in Madison on August 22, 2012. The session, coordinated by Obama for America,...
On behalf of the wind energy industry, CWPB's governmental relations team helped score a major victory in the Wisconsin Legislature when the legislature adjourned without indefinitely suspending PSC 128, the rule governing the siting of wind energy facilities adopted...
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has granted Attorney Tamara Packard's client Carl Schoh a new trial, after a Green County judge erroneously ordered that an employee's wage claim case be tried by a jury. The jury trial was ordered at the defendant New Glarus Brewing...
Ruling that the League of Women Voters and its President may pursue a constitutional challenge to Wisconsin's Voter ID law, Circuit Court Judge Niess reasoned that the League of Women Voters and its President are in an excellent position to carefully develop and...
Attorneys Lester Pines and Tamara Packard utilized the ancient quo warranto action to obtain judicial declaration that their clients are the rightfully elected officers of the Madison Audubon Society. The vote was 188 to 55. The lawsuit arose because the MAS refused...
The City of Milwaukee is planning to build new streetcar lines in the downtown area. The case will determine whether the City or a utility, like tw telecom, will have to pay to relocate underground utility lines during construction. The projected cost to relocate the...
It is with great sadness that announces Attorney Laurie Mlatawou's death on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Mother, attorney, friend to many and seeker of justice for all, she fought her battle with cancer just as she did everything else: with...